This weekend, Netflix is adding a lot of suspense with a thriller movie based on a novel, a horror TV series, and a stop-motion dark comedy for adults. The coronavirus pandemic continues, but cinemas around the world continue to operate as usual and welcome many of the movies that had to be delayed. Still, streaming platforms haven’t lost any force, and they continue to house movies that skipped a theatrical release or are coming to streaming shortly after hitting theaters, and in Netflix’s case, it also keeps adding new original and licensed content every week.
Last weekend, Netflix welcomed season 2 of the kids animated series Gigantosaurus, the Belgian drama Binti, the Nollywood documentary The Making of the King, and season 4 of Polly Pocket, along with the Italian rom-com Four to Dinner, the Mexican teen drama TV series Rebelde, and the Spanish horror movie The Wasteland. This weekend, Netflix will bring a variety of licensed content, with the thriller Under Suspicion, the drama The God Committee, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, the African movie Hadithi Za Kumekucha: Fatuma, and the Japanese comedy Arigato: Jaru Jaru Tower.
As for original content, Netflix is adding a thriller movie based on a novel by Nora Roberts, a horror TV series based on a podcast, and an adult stop-motion anthology TV series. Here are the best movies and TV shows coming to Netflix this weekend - January 14.
Brazen
Brazen is a thriller movie based on the novel Brazen Virtue by Nora Roberts and starring Alyssa Milano and Sam Page. Prominent mystery writer and crime expert, Grace (Milano), hurries back to her family home in Washington, D.C. because her estranged sister summons her. When her sister is killed and her double life as a webcam performer is revealed, Grace ignores the warnings of cool-headed detective Ed (Page) and gets involved in the case.
Archive 81
Archive 81 is a horror TV series created by Rebecca Sonnenshine, written by Paul Harris Boardman, and executive produced by Sonnenshine, Boardman, and James Wan. Loosely based on the podcast of the same name, Archive 81 follows archivist Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie), who takes a job restoring a collection of damaged videotapes from 1994. Reconstructing the work of a documentary filmmaker named Melody Pendras (Dina Shihabi), he is drawn into her investigation of a dangerous cult at the Visser apartment building. As the season unfolds across these two timelines, Dan slowly finds himself obsessed with uncovering what happened to Melody, and when they form a mysterious connection, Dan becomes convinced he can save her from the terrifying end she met 25 years ago.
The House
The House is an adult stop-motion dark comedy anthology TV series that follows three surreal tales set in the same house in different time periods. The House is directed by the leading voices in independent stop motion animation – Emma de Swaef and Marc Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, and Paloma Baeza – and counts on a voice cast full of well-known names: Matthew Goode, Miranda Richardson, Jarvis Cocker, Helena Bonham Carter, and more.